All started in August 1969 when I decided to hitch Europe - Lisbon to Stockholm. From the two-and a-half month hitch-hike trip I don't find any pictures, only memories. Probably the most impressive for me was waking-up on the day of my 20th anniversary in a sleeping bag, under a highway bridge near Husqvarna, Sweden.
Like in Paul Nizan’s Aden-Arabie, quoting from memory, “J’avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserais jamais personne dire que c’est le plus beau age de la vie"

Friday, July 21, 2006

MOZART'S SALZBURG - NOVEMBER 1979

SALZBURG - STAGE OF THE WORLD

"SNOW GAMES - Highway Vienna - Salzburg"

"HOHENSALZBURG FORTRESS, built in 1077, is the largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe, and was never conquered by enemy troops. It can be reached by a funicular built in 1892"

"MARKTPLATZ - Mozart lived nearby"

"RAINERSTRASSE, A main thoroughfare in Salzburg"

"CATHEDRAL - The first cathedral was built in 767, consecrated in 774 to St. Virgil and St. Rupert, and was destroted by fire. The rest of the story is on Blogtrotter Revival, the 80's, at Zurich, Salzburg - February 1981

"MOZART SQUARE - The statue is by Ludwig Schwanthaler, and was unveiled on September 5, 1842"

"SHOPPING LANES - Getreidegasse, probably Salzburg's most famous shopping lane, Judengasse and others have high and narrow houses tight together, as well as the famous wrought iron guild signs"

"MOZART'S BIRTHPLACE - Getreidegasse 9, today a museum, is where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. His family lived here from 1747 to 1773"

TIME IN LISBON

One blog alone would not hold pictures from three decades of intensive travel. So I had to split it: the project is now to have one Revival for the 70s and 80s (the present one, that is the result of a merger) and one for the 90s. The regular Blogtrotter will take care of trips starting in November 2000 - the digital era! Links will connect the blogs, and will be updated simultaneously, according to the possibilities!